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    A survey in the Philippines found that 86% of Filipinos believe fake news is a problem, and 58% blame social media influencers, bloggers, and vloggers. Filipinos said the top sources of potential fake news about government and politics come from the internet and television. While 55% of Filipinos feel confident in discerning truthful news, lawmakers have tried to legislate penalties for spreading disinformation and a digital rights group argues the best approach is disseminating factual information.

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    A survey in the Philippines found that 86% of Filipinos believe fake news is a problem, and 58% blame social media influencers, bloggers, and vloggers. Filipinos said the top sources of potential fake news about government and politics come from the internet and television. While 55% of Filipinos feel confident in discerning truthful news, lawmakers have tried to legislate penalties for spreading disinformation and a digital rights group argues the best approach is disseminating factual information.

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    Copyreading and Headline Writing Exercise 2 – October 11, 2022

    For Filipinos, fake news is a problem they blame on social media


    influencers
    MANILA, Philippines — Nearly nine out of 10 Filipinos believe that fake news is a problem in the
    country which a small majority of them blame on social media influencers, bloggers and
    vloggers.

    A new survey by private pollster Pulse Asia released Tuesday revealed that 86% of Filipino
    adults say that false news or fake news is a problem, while only 14% say otherwise.

    According to the poll, 58% of Filipinos see social media influencers, bloggers and vloggers as
    peddlers of fake news about government and politics, followed by journalists at 40%, national
    politicians at 37% and local politicians at 30%.

    Filipinos said the top sources of fake news about the government and politics come from the
    internet or television which is statistically tied at 68% and 67%, respectively. Radio comes in far
    third with 32% viewing it as a source of misinformation.

    Filipinos are split as to whether they are sure that the political news they consume is real, with
    44% saying they are certain that what they read is not fake, while another 44% say they are
    unsure.

    Still, 55% said they are confident of Filipinos’ ability to discern whether the political news they
    encounter is truthful and only 7% say otherwise.

    The survey was conducted from September 17 to 21, using face-to-face interviews. It was based
    on a sample of 1,200 representative adults 18 years old and above.

    Fake news has long been seen as a scourge in the largely online Philippines, so much so that
    lawmakers have tried to legislate penalties for spreading false information.

    The latest attempt to punish the spreading of fake news came from Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, who
    filed Senate Bill No. 1296 which seeks to make the creation and dissemination of disinformation
    a content-related offense under the anti-cybercrime law.

    But for digital rights group Democracy.net.PH, the only constitutional means to fight fake news
    is the spreading of more facts.

    “The only constitutionally-acceptable means of fighting fake news and disinformation is the
    more aggressive dissemination of factual news and information,” Democracy.net.PH’s Tess
    Termulo told Philstar.com in an online exchange.

    SOURCE:
    Gregorio, X. (2022, October 11). For Filipinos, fake news is a problem they blame on social media
    influencers. Philstar.com. Retrieved October 11, 2022, from
    https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/11/2215867/filipinos-fake-news-problem-
    they-blame-social-media-influencers

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